Dietitian

We are looking for an enthusiastic and compassionate individual to join our Inpatient Dietetic Team at WVT.

You will be responsible for providing a high quality, professional dietetic service to for a range of service users within Wye Valley NHS Trust including patients on general medical and surgical wards, care of the elderly wards and orthopaedic wards at Hereford County Hospital, and patients at WVT Community Hospitals.

You will have the opportunity to contribute to audit, service development projects and student training.

You will also have the opportunity to take part in our clinical attachment programme to gain experience in specialist areas such as: diabetes, oncology, HEF, renal, paediatrics.

You will be supported in your role by out Nutrition Support Team Leader and a the wider dietetic team., You will be responsible for managing, assessing and treating your own workload of inpatients who may require therapeutic diets, oral nutrition support and/or enteral nutrition support.

You will work alongside the Inpatient Dietetic team including Dietetic Assistants and Nutrition Specialist Practitioner, and collaborate with other members of hospital staff including medical, nursing and catering staff.

You will be responsible for participating in student training, and be involved in quality improvement initiatives, audit and service development.

Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South WarwickshireUniversity NHS FT, George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute NHS Hospitals Trust.

Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.

We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care wed want for our family and friends.

More than 3,000 people work for the Trust they tell us its a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.

We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.

Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: "The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential."

Our values -Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time.